Hollywood actor James Woods is helping find missing people in California wildfires

Actor James Woods is using Twitter connect people who have lost touch with their loved ones in the Camp Fire near Chico and the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

Actor James Woods is using Twitter connect people who have lost touch with their loved ones in the Camp Fire near Chico and the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

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Actor James Woods is using Twitter connect people who have lost touch with their loved ones in the Camp Fire near Chico and the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

Actor James Woods is using Twitter connect people who have lost touch with their loved ones in the Camp Fire near Chico and the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

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Hollywood actor James Woods is helping find missing people in California wildfires

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A Hollywood actor has become a clearing house for people who lost track of loved ones in the chaos of Northern California's Camp Fire near Chico and Southern California's Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

James Woods, the twice Oscar-nominated actor, is using social media to coordinate family and friends who became disconnected by the wildfires that together have forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.

Woods, a noted conservative in Hollywood, made news in September after saying he was locked out of his Twitter account for posting what the social media company said was a hoax, and required him to the delete the Tweet before regaining control of his account.

But now, Woods is using his Twitter fame to reunite family members amid two devastating California wildfires.

Through his Twitter account, @RealJamesWoods, the actor is inviting people to use the hashtags #CampFireJamesWoods and #SoCalFiresJamesWoods to post the names of missing family members and friends. He then shares the message to his more than 2 million followers.

Both the Camp and Woolsey fires broke out on Thursday. The Camp Fire in Butte County is becoming known for its fast-moving pace, blackening more than 70,000 acres in less than 24 hours. The fire started at 6:30 a.m. and within three hours had spread across 5,000 acres. By Friday morning, the raging inferno had torn through most of the town of Paradise, burning hundreds of buildings.

The Woolsey County in Ventura County rapidly climbed into the Santa Monica Mountains and raced toward the coast. It has torn through 14,000 acres.